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Consensus Magazine
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What Bitcoiners Are Saying About the Upcoming Bitcoin Halving
Is the halving priced in or not? Will it disrupt the bitcoin mining industry? Or accelerate adoption? Here's what experts and community members are saying about the fourth — a...
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 16, 2024 at 5:57 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
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Bitcoin Miners Must Optimize to Survive
The bitcoin mining industry will likely consolidate following the halving as miners with access to more capital continue to expand their operations and improve their infrastru...
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By Adam Sullivan
Apr 16, 2024 at 3:51 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
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What the History of Linux Says About the Long Road to Decentralized Storage Adoption
The current dominance of cloud hyperscalers like Google and Amazon is not a natural monopoly, but decentralized cloud needs to continue to innovate before it becomes the optio...
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By Claudia Richoux
Apr 16, 2024 at 3:45 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
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Consensus Magazine
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Hong Kong Boards the ETF Express
The jurisdiction is the latest to approve exchange-traded funds for bitcoin, giving a boost to BTC.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 15, 2024 at 5:59 p.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2024
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Consensus Magazine
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Bitcoin First, Not Only: Fostering Widespread Adoption Through Education
By presenting bitcoin as the first step in a journey of financial literacy, we can create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for newcomers, Montclair State University...
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By Burak Tamac
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:54 p.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2024
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Consensus Magazine
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‘I'm a Pro-Freedom Candidate’: John Deaton on his Senate Race With Elizabeth Warren
The election pits a fierce crypto advocate against one of its biggest political opponents. Deaton is a speaker at this year's Consensus festival, in May.
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By Jeff Wilser
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:48 p.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2024
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Allen Farrington: Capital in the 21st Century
In the same way Bitcoin mining incentivizes more energy, cheaper energy and new energy, Bitcoin can also incentivize the building of more products, cheaper products and new pr...
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By Allen Farrington
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:42 p.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2024
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been poised to propose major tax rules for crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
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How Investors Should Handle Celsius in Their Tax Returns This Year
Creditors to the failed crypto lender have got their dollars back after bankruptcy, but working out the tax implications is going to take longer, says Koinly's Michelle Legge....
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been poised to propose major tax rules for crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
By Michelle Legge
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:32 p.m. UTC
Apr 15, 2024
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Why Bitcoin Halving Calculators Are Out of Sync
The famously pre-planned, programmatic event, currently predicted for April 19, is surprisingly hard to predict at minute scales.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Apr 12, 2024 at 6:39 p.m. UTC
Apr 12, 2024
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The Halving Highlights Why Bitcoin Needs to Upgrade
Higher fees from Ordinals and BRC-20 may be good for miners but they risk pushing activity to the fragmented world of L2s and harming adoption of Bitcoin around the world. Pro...
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By Bob Bodily
Apr 12, 2024 at 3:11 p.m. UTC
Apr 12, 2024
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